Improved folding and extension table



UNITED STATES `PATENT EEICE.

e.. MAYEEOE sULLIvAN, ILLINOIS.

INIPROVED `FOLDING AND EXTENSION TABLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,079, dated December 21, 1669.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, G. MAYER, of Sullivan, in the county of Moultrie and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding and Extension rIables 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this` specication. v

This invention relates to improvements in tables; and itconsists in arranging the side rails of the top of the frame, which are separated at the center for folding against the cross-rails, when the top, which is detachably connected, is removed, for economy of space and convenience in packing for transportation or storage; also, in arranging the legs for folding up against the under edge of the cross-rails; also, in an improved arrangement of the side rails for extension, all as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved table. Fig. 2 isa partial side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view when folded up and the top removed. Fig. 4 is a partial end elevation, showing the manner of folding up and securing the legs; and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the top when detached and folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresp'onding parts.

The sections of the top A are hinged together, so as to fold on each other alternately in opposite directions, and it is connected to the frame by hooks B and eyes C, for being readily detached. The side rails, D D', are hinged to the posts and divided at the center, E, so that they may be swung around against the inside of the end rails; and in order that they may fold compactly, one of the posts at each end of the tableis recessed, as shown at F, where the rail is hinged to it, so that the said rail will fold behind the one on the opposite side'far enough for both to lie parallel with each other and with the end rail. The rails D are shorter than the others as much as the depth of the recesses F in the posts, and they are hinged together where they `meet at the center, G, while the rails D are connected by hooks and eyes HI, and are unhooked for folding back against the end rails, first to admit the rails D to fold between them, as

clearly shown in Fig. 3. All the side rails or sections thereof are secured in the open position by hooks and eyes L M. In this example one of each of the rails D and D is arranged in sections for extension, and I propose, in practice, to arrange the others for extension also, either by the mode represented in Fig. l, using the slotted plate N, attached to one part at the side, and working over the pins O I on the other; or as in Figs. 2 and 3, where the slotted plates Q are attached to the tops and bottoms of the sections,working over pins R, and having flanges S bent over the corners. The plates N are provided with slots at one end, whereby they are adapted to fit over or'catch upon the pins P, and thus assist to support the table more firmly. It will be observed that the plates Q are also slotted at one end in a similar manner, and these plates P and Q are substantially the same, except in the mere matter of outline or form and in log to lap the other properly. I also use hooksand eyes V W, to hold them in the extended position, one of which hooks may take into an I eye, W, placed on the lower end of the opposite leg, to hold them in the folded condition. By these arrangements I am enabled to provide tables which may be readily folded up for storing away, or extended for use, with a smaller quantity and weight of lumber than is used in the present arrangement of extensiontables, and which are more permanent and durable.

Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The table formed essentially of the hinged sectional detachable top A, the hinged side rails, D D', arranged for extension by means of the slotted plates N or Q and pins O or R, and the hinged legs T, all constructed and arranged as herein shown and described, and for, the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 1st day of November, 1869.

G. MAYER.

Witnesses:

A. N. SMYsEE, WM. H. SMYsEE. 

